DecanterChina.com promotion

DecanterChina.com promotion's articles

It was in the early 2000s that Gian Andrea came across the Feudo Croce Estate in the Salento area of Puglia. What struck him immediately was the enormous potential of the local native grape varieties, mainly Primitivo, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera.

Today Faustino operates 650ha of prime Rioja Alavesa vineyards, with over 100 countries around the globe enjoying the fruits of its labour and, with Faustino I, can lay claim to making the world’s biggest selling Rioja Gran Reserva.

Founded in the 1960s, Champagne Jacquart is something of a young buck (you’ll be lucky to find tales of winemaking craft being handed down from generation to generation here), but arguably its relative adolescence is also its core strength.